From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11430: 24.0.96; Customizing `inverse-video' has no effect on session Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 08:33:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <87sirsewrg.fsf@building.gnus.org> <87lfszihrv.fsf@skangas.se> <12b63a55-3b24-4e61-962a-29754f2e0b84@default> <87k18jxtb9.fsf@marxist.se> <835zk2k3w2.fsf@gnu.org> <875z87mat3.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="28404"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 11430@debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas To: Lars Ingebrigtsen , Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 21 17:39:00 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kKNu7-0007HL-Kb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; 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Mon, 21 Sep 2020 15:33:37 +0000 Original-Received: from pps.filterd (aserp3020.oracle.com [127.0.0.1]) by aserp3020.oracle.com (8.16.0.42/8.16.0.42) with SMTP id 08LFTnGP072442; Mon, 21 Sep 2020 15:33:37 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by aserp3020.oracle.com with ESMTP id 33nuw14rd3-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 21 Sep 2020 15:33:37 +0000 Original-Received: from abhmp0001.oracle.com (abhmp0001.oracle.com [141.146.116.7]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id 08LFXZfC030380; Mon, 21 Sep 2020 15:33:35 GMT In-Reply-To: <875z87mat3.fsf@gnus.org> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 16.0.5056.0 (x86)] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9751 signatures=668679 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 phishscore=0 malwarescore=0 mlxscore=0 suspectscore=2 adultscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2006250000 definitions=main-2009210112 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9751 signatures=668679 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 lowpriorityscore=0 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=2 priorityscore=1501 adultscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1011 mlxlogscore=999 bulkscore=0 mlxscore=0 phishscore=0 impostorscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2006250000 definitions=main-2009210112 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:188609 Archived-At: > The variable hasn't worked for 20 years (apparently), and this is the > only bug report about it, which is perhaps a hint that we should just > remove it. It doesn't follow that we should remove it. A bug is a bug. Better to keep this bug open. Someday, perhaps, Someone(TM) will be motivated and find a way to fix it. And if not, so what? What harm does it do to keep a report open for a recognized bug? When it comes to free software and its volunteers, no one's career is boosted by just reducing a bug count as an end in itself. Or am I missing something?